how to disable an iphone?

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how to disable an iphone?

So my laptop recently got stolen. My iphone was also still synced to that laptop. Except i have competely locked myself out off it and have tried ot many times to guess it. And i am unable to disable the iphone because i can not connect it to the laptop it was sycned to. So i was just wondering is there anyway to access the locked iphone even tho it is disable? because i was hoping to get all my stuff off it. Or is there anyone to restore it? because when i connect it into my new laptop it says its locked with passcode and i need to connect it to the sycned computer. Please help!

Posted on May 29, 2012 9:37 AM

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Dah•veed

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May 29, 2012 9:45 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

There is no way for you to do what you want to do.

You can restore the iPhone to the facory setting, but without the passcode, that process will erase all content on the iPhone. Did you possibly back up the iPhone to iCloud? You could restore the iPhone after you erase it with the iCloud backup. If you live in the US, you should also be able to download your music, videos and apps if they are still in the iTunes stores, but you will loose all of the data.

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May 29, 2012 9:50 AM in response to Dah•veed

its a 3g so it doesnt have icloud on it. and it was broken at the time. so i only just got it re-fixed.

well how can i restore it to the factory settings? because at this point i cant get into the iphone or cant access it through itunes?

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modular747

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May 29, 2012 9:56 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

Search "Recovery Mode" here or Google.

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Dah•veed

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May 29, 2012 9:56 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

Connect the iPhone to your computer. Open iTunes. Select the iPhone in the Devices list. In the Summary pane choose Restore.

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May 29, 2012 10:09 AM in response to Dah•veed

like i said before it wont even let me connect to itunes. because it still has a passcode on it it wont connect to the new itunes.

modular: okay ill try that

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Dah•veed

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May 29, 2012 10:16 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/16/forgot-iphone-passcode-how-to-reset/

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May 29, 2012 10:17 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

modular747: i tried the recovery mode and still nothing has changed. its exactly the same as before

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modular747

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May 30, 2012 2:46 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

I'm not clear what you want to accomplish - "unable to disable the iphone" doesn't mean the same thing as restoring it. If you had actually put the phone in recovery mode, you) could have restored it with any computer without knowing the passcode and wiped the passcode (and all data) from the phone.

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May 30, 2012 8:14 AM in response to modular747

restore as i dont care if i wipe anything and everything off the iphone. and what i mean by unable to disable is that it is locked out with too many passcode atempts so it is disabled. Therefore i am unable to undisable the phone from being locked. Also like i said i tried the recovery thing before and nothing happened it still came up with "Phone Disable" Connect To Itunes

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modular747

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May 30, 2012 8:46 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

Let's see now --- your laptop, the computer that the phone syncs with, was "stolen", and somehow you forgot your passcode and disabled the phone trying to open it, on the same day... No wonder you were so vague about what happened to the phone and why you weren't interested at all in preserving the data. My solution is for you to return the phone to its rightful owner, or if your prefer, anonymously to the police.

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Dah•veed

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May 30, 2012 8:51 AM in response to modular747

So you think that we are actually dealing with a thief? 😎

Thief or not, there is not much more that we can do here, we have pointed whomever this is, legitimate owner or thief to the correct info.

Ciao all.

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cgoldsworthy Author

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May 30, 2012 8:58 AM in response to Dah•veed

thank you both for calling me a thief. How about you get your fact staright before you start acussing someone anything like that.

First of all i want ALL my stuff off my iphone except i cant do that because MY LAPTOP DID GET STOLEN.

and Secondly if you must also know i had broke the screen to my iphone in November so it has been what roughly 6 months like i am going to remember my passcode over that period of time. Plus during that time i got a new iphone. (not the point)

I only want to access my locked iphone because of the photos and messages and etc on there.

Thirdly IM NOT LOW TO STEAL SOMEONE ELSES IPHONE!

AND! my mum took my broken iphone to fix the screen because of course it is cheaper. but when we were there my family memebers tried getting into my iphone sot hey locked me out.

SO THERE YOU GO. GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!

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cgoldsworthy Author

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May 30, 2012 9:01 AM in response to Dah•veed

and if i had stolen the iphone i would have got them to restore it unlock it for me in thailand but no i thought maybe the ****** that STOLE my laptop would have been caught so i would have to able to get into my old iphone.

and i wouldnt have written on this discussion page up. i thought someone could help but instead i get two random people that dont know me or the facts about it calling me a thief good job mates.

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cgoldsworthy Author

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May 30, 2012 9:01 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

But THANKS for the help you have given

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modular747

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May 30, 2012 9:31 AM in response to cgoldsworthy

How about you get your fact staright before you start acussing someone anything like that.

How about you not changing the "facts" each time you post about it...

and if i had stolen the iphone i would have got them to restore it unlock it for me in thailand

Who is the "them" who would unlock it? Who said anything about Thailand before this?

That's how police catch people in lies - they never say the same thing twice and keep adding even more implausible "facts" with each telling...

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